Swap your read books

debsley_pig

Can someone explain to me how the swapping works? If I put a load of books on there, how is someone going to offer me something I actuallly want in exchange? Is it always a similar type of book or something??

samanthaknd

no you don't have to swap your book, if they request to swap with you you then look at a list of their books and decide if you see anything they have that takes your fancy.

jumpy_2

It's like this:

1) You choose a book you like on the site, say the Da Vinci Code.

2)A list of all the books you have registered on the site is sent to the owner of the Da Vinci Code.

3) Hurrah! It turns out this user has always wanted to read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. One of the books on your list is Fingersmith (you hated it). So he says: OK I'll give you the Da Vinci Code if you give me Fingersmith! So you swap! The site does each step automatically for you as well.

Alternatively someone might see one of your books on the site and ask to swap with you. In that case, the whole process just works in reverse.

You can also reject the swap. So if someone wants one of your books but you don't want any of his/her books you just say no thanks and you don't have to swap.

It's actually really simple, as the site says, a lot like swapping stuff with friends. You can find out more here:

http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/Questions.aspx?Section=Swappingbooks

Also I think this is quite interesting, here they talk about person-to-person swapping vs credit swapping:

http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/Questions.aspx?Section=Recommendations

jumpy_2

If you want to swap CDs, you could try Reload Exchange [url]Http://www.reloadexchange.co.uk[/url]

amanda40

Not sure about this - but I remember a few years ago, if you were posting something and told the po it only contained ' the printed word' it was cheaper again - might be worth checking out as it may be cheaper than 2nd class

PinkLady

I think that sending 'printed papers' is only cheaper when sending stuff abroad - don't think it counts in the UK.

kaznelson

Posted 30 mins ago and already got my 1st Swap.

Fantastic Site & thank you

PinkLady

I think the printed papers thing is only for abroad?

Mind you this is costing me a fortune in postage!!!!!!!!!!

jumpy_2

Has anyone seen there are lots of new changes to ReadItSwapIt? You can now search for books by users so you can swap lots of books with one user.

Ace

do you have to pay anything other than the postage?